Articles filed under Health Crises
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For all our sakes, let's resolve to move together into a better futureDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - If there is one word to sum up 2020, I believe it would be "polarization." In the past, when we as a country experienced intense stress, grief and loss, it brought us t...
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Editorial: Small businesses need help of government and local consumersDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - Fifth in an Opinion series The Daily Herald Editorial Board Small business owners and entrepreneurs have always been a special breed. Those who succeed are fearless in t...
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California is third state to pass 25,000 coronavirus deathsDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES - California on Thursday surpassed 25,000 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic, the third state to do so after New York and Texas, health offic...
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Mobile COVID-19 testing this weekend in Elgin and Round LakeDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - COVID-19 mobile testing units managed by the Illinois Department of Public Health are scheduled to be in Elgin and Round Lake this weekend. The testing will be available...
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Suburbs seeing another uptick in COVID-19 casesDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - Not even a week ago, DuPage County's seven-day average COVID-19 case positivity rate was below 6%, and lower than the rates in Chicago, suburban Cook County and the four...
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EXPLAINER: Scientists trying to understand new virus variantDec 30, 2020 6:00 am - Does it spread more easily? Make people sicker? Mean that treatments and vaccines won't work? Questions are multiplying as fast as new variants of the coronavirus, espec...
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Chinese drugmaker: Vaccine 79.3% effective in final testsDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - BEIJING - A Chinese drugmaker said Wednesday its coronavirus vaccine was found to be 79.3% effective at preventing infection in preliminary data from the final round of ...
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China clamps down in hidden hunt for coronavirus originsDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - MOJIANG, China (AP) - Deep in the lush mountain valleys of southern China lies the entrance to a mine shaft that once harbored bats with the closest known relative of th...
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Glenview Terrace approved to administer Pfizer COVID-19 vaccineDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - Glenview Terrace, a skilled nursing facility in Glenview, is among Illinois' first skilled nursing facilities allowed to issue COVID-19 vaccinations. In accordance with ...
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Despite less testing, new COVID-19 cases continue to riseDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - The 10 state-run COVID-19 testing sites averaged nearly 1,200 fewer tests a day over the past week compared to the week prior. But new cases continue to rise despite th...